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The Brussels energy market: like navigating the energy storm in a leaky boat

4 February 2022

The Brussels energy market is the ugly duckling in this country, and the situation is becoming untenable. Since the departure of Octa+ and Mega, only two suppliers still active offer free contracts to new customers. There is thus a duopoly and therefore no choice for the Brussels resident. Cieltje …

Johan Van Overtveldt on inflation: “It is time for action”

3 February 2022

On 1 January, the euro celebrated its twentieth anniversary. The introduction of the European currency in 2002 may have made life a little harder, but it did not lead to a general increase in prices. Over the past year, on the other hand, inflation skyrocketed. MEP and former Minister of Finance …

Waiting almost 12 years for social housing in Brussels

28 January 2022

In Molenbeek, the waiting time for social housing is an astounding 14 years. But the Brussels average doesn’t score much better, according to research by Brussels N-VA MP Mathias Vanden Borre: “That waiting time is now almost 12 years, with outliers of up to 15 years for certain types of homes …

N-VA tough on Brussels government: “Policy of incompetence and inaction”

27 January 2022

The Vervoort III government is halfway through its term. The N-VA in Brussels has produced an interim report that speaks clear language: “The fossilised left-wing government is stuck in a tunnel vision that makes all much-needed reform impossible. Brussels is sinking further, but the Vivaldi …

Theo Francken: “Stay away from Mali, focus on NATO engagement”

25 January 2022

In a debate on the TV programme Terzake, N-VA MP and Belgian delegation leader of the NATO parliament Theo Francken said that the Belgian army must focus on its NATO engagement and the situation in Eastern Europe, and not start a mission in Mali. “Our army can do no more. We must choose,” Theo …

Bart De Wever sets out the main points in his New Year’s message: “It is time to choose. To choose Flanders.”

22 January 2022

“It is time,” Bart De Wever says in his New Year’s message. “Time for Vivaldi to come to an end. Time to choose. Only the choice for confederalism gives Flanders the self-determination to take back control of our future. We must go all out for it.” Bart De Wever delivered his New Year’s message on …

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